Economics of Place-Based Policies Pre-Conference

Cecile Gaubert, Gordon H. Hanson, and David Neumark, Organizers

September 13, 2024

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Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, September 13
Welcoming Remarks
10:40 am
Peter R. Berkowitz, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy
Michael Storper, London School of Economics

Place-Based Policies in the US and EU in comparative perspecitve: a review
Discussant: Chiara Criscuolo, IFC
11:10 am
Randall Akee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Maggie R. Jones, U.S. Census Bureau
Emilia Simeonova, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Tribal Casinos and Economic Success
Discussant: Donn L. Feir, University of Victoria and NBER
11:40 am
Dimitria Freitas, TUD Dresden University of Technology

The Potential of Public Employment Reallocation as a Place-Based Policy
Discussant: Cailin R. Slattery, University of California, Berkeley
12:10 pm
Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University and NBER
Rohan Sandhu, Harvard University

The Place Based Policy Supply Chain
Discussant: Rebecca Lester, Stanford University
Break
1:00 pm
Andrew Garin, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

Do Place-Based Industrial Interventions Help ``Left-Behind'' Workers? Lessons from WWII and Beyond
Discussant: Nicola Bianchi, Northwestern University and NBER
1:30 pm
Pablo D. Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Place-Based Policies: Lessons from Theory
Discussant: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm
Matthew Freedman, University of California, Irvine
David Neumark, University of California, Irvine and NBER

Lessons Learned and Ignored in U.S. Place-Based Policymaking
Discussant: Jed Kolko, (former) US Department of Commerce
2:30 pm
Kevin Corinth, American Enterprise Institute
David Coyne, Department of the Treasury
Naomi E. Feldman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Craig Johnson, Department of the Treasury

The Targeting of Place-Based Policies: The New Markets Tax Credit Versus Opportunity Zones
Discussant: Patrick J. Kennedy, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Adjourn